Last Month's Foreigners' Domestic Stock 'Brief Shopping'... Net Buying Turned Positive After 4 Months

[Asia Economy Reporter Ji Yeon-jin] Last month, foreigners purchased about 2.5 trillion KRW worth of domestic stocks, marking a net buying turnaround after four months. They also continued their 'buying spree' in bonds for the ninth consecutive month, with net investments exceeding 5 trillion KRW.

According to the 'September Foreign Securities Investment Trends' released by the Financial Supervisory Service on the 14th, foreigners net bought 2.505 trillion KRW in listed stocks and made net investments of 5.172 trillion KRW in listed bonds, totaling 7.677 trillion KRW in net investments last month.

As of the end of last month, foreigners held 769.2 trillion KRW worth of listed stocks, accounting for 28.1% of the market capitalization. They also held about 203.6 trillion KRW (9.2% of the listed balance) in listed bonds.

Foreign stock investments saw net purchases in Asia (1.4 trillion KRW) and the Americas (900 billion KRW), while Europe (1 trillion KRW) and the Middle East (200 billion KRW) recorded net sales. Singapore led with net purchases of 2.1 trillion KRW, followed by the Cayman Islands with 1.4 trillion KRW. The UK (1 trillion KRW) and Malaysia (300 billion KRW) had significant net sales.

In terms of holdings, the US accounted for 314.2 trillion KRW, or 40.9% of the total, followed by Europe with 240.5 trillion KRW (31.3%), Asia with 98.6 trillion KRW (2.8%), and the Middle East with 27.5 trillion KRW (3.6%).

Last month, foreigners net purchased 11.268 trillion KRW in listed bonds and redeemed 6.096 trillion KRW at maturity, resulting in a net investment of 5.172 trillion KRW. As of the end of last month, foreigners’ bond holdings stood at 203.6 trillion KRW, continuously setting new highs since January this year.

Asia (3.3 trillion KRW) and Europe (1.6 trillion KRW) made net investments, with Asia’s holdings reaching 94.7 trillion KRW, accounting for 46.5% of total foreign holdings. Europe held 60 trillion KRW, or 29.5%, while the Americas held 19.6 trillion KRW, or 9.6%.

Last month, foreigners made net investments of about 1.5 trillion KRW in government bonds and net redemptions of about 40 billion KRW in Monetary Stabilization Bonds. Foreigners held 154.7 trillion KRW (76.0%) in government bonds and 48.8 trillion KRW (24.0%) in special bonds. Last month, they net invested 6.6 trillion KRW in bonds with remaining maturities between 1 and 5 years, and 2.4 trillion KRW in bonds over 5 years, while they net redeemed 3.8 trillion KRW in bonds with maturities under 1 year.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.